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Lily Mixed Bulbs
What should i do with my lillies after they have flowered?

What should i do with my lillies after they have flowered?
I bought a load of lily bulbs on offer at the end of spring, they are a mix of varieties. I put them all in pots to try and protect from the slugs. What do i do when they have bloomed and the foliage dies off – dug them up and dry them or leave them in the pot until next year? do the bulbs multiply in the ground?

Thanks!

Well most often lilies like being in the ground.
If not they tend to freeze solid over the winter.
To protect them from slugs use Diatomasious Earth , it will cut slugs to ribbons with out hurting any mammals.
If you are the only mammal in the area, then get some kind of slug bait type of poison to circle the lilies that you place in the earth.
I have dug day lilies and wintered them in the cold barn, not freezing barn.
They are small and late to bloom in the spring
I never have tried Asiatic lilies because I live in Massachusetts and do not wish to fight the lily beetle all darn summer!!!